In the past few years, state legislatures responded to the growing opioid epidemic by passing laws requiring first responders to carry naloxone. President Obama even signed a law last summer to provide $181 million in funding for naloxone programs. “There was this major push to get cops access,” says Leo Beletsky, a professor of public […]

Netanyahu has high hopes for his country’s relationship with the U.S. under a Trump presidency. So what’s the relationship likely to look like? And where are things most likely to get complicated? Here & Now’s Robin Young talks with Dov Waxman, professor of political science, international affairs and Israel studies at Northeastern University, and co-director […]

There are now more than 400,000 Israelis living in over 100 settlements located in the West Bank. Another 300,000 or so are living in East Jerusalem, which Israel has officially annexed. Driven by a powerful combination of religious nationalism, economic incentives and security concerns, the continued expansion of Israeli settlements is one of the main […]

Microfabrica also makes minuscule surgical instruments, including biopsy forceps less than one millimeter in diameter and a tissue scaffold with linkages that allow it to expand with cell growth. Carol Livermore, a mechanical and industrial engineering professor at Northeastern University, calls Microfabrica’s capabilities impressive. “I am not aware of any kind of high-end 3-D printing […]

Meanwhile, though, this stuff matters. Radio is still where we get a lot of our news and information, and not everyone is an NPR listener. There was a time when Congress and the FCC understood the importance of localism in radio. Those days are long gone. Unfortunately, no matter who comes out the winner in […]

The feel-good brain chemical dopamine appears to play a role in the development of a healthy bond between a mother and baby, a new study suggests. Dopamine may motivate moms to do more for their children because it makes mothers feel better, researchers said. And this may not end when babies get older. “It is […]

Standard advice about preparing for disasters focuses on building shelters and stockpiling things like food, water and batteries. But resilience – the ability to recover from shocks, including natural disasters – comes from our connections to others, and not from physical infrastructure or disaster kits.

But last year Republicans refused even to take up the nomination of Mr. Garland, and now Democrats are threatening to return the favor and stall if not defeat the nomination of Judge Gorsuch. “Now no one from the other party is acceptable,” says Dan Urman, who directs the law and public policy program at Northeastern […]

The world’s working landscape is changing, with artificial intelligence destroying and creating jobs and professions at unprecedented speed, according to Dr Joseph Aoun. The higher-education specialist said the landscape needed to adapt to these shifts to allow individuals to remain relevant and competitive in the workforce. In his speech The Future Model of Higher Education, […]

But Northeastern University journalism professor Dan Kennedy said the event serves little purpose and “should have been canceled a long time ago. ” “The public sees Washington journalists as out-of-touch, well-heeled insiders more concerned about access than they are in holding the powerful to account,” Kennedy said.

Of course, not all colleges are choosing to partner with companies such as Learning House and Trilogy. Some, like Northeastern University, have launched boot camps on their own. Northeastern now offers its Level boot camp in five different locations in the U.S. and Canada.

What is clear from the latest court rulings, however, is that the courts are willing to assert their role under Trump, including in the field of immigration, where the courts have historically deferred to the broad powers of the executive branch. “This is the courts saying they have a role to play, they are not […]